pickThe 2019 National Book Award for Poetry winner—and now I have read all of the finalists. This was not my favorite among the finalists, but it is solid. Sze lives in New Mexico, and most of the poems in this collection bring up the desert—the weather, flora and fauna, fire, seasons. Some focus on urban life, others on Sze‘s Chinese heritage. Mushrooms, peonies, and spotted towhees come up several times. #poetry #nationalbookaward
TiredLibrarian What was your favorite of the finalists? 5y
DreesReads @TiredLibrarian Deaf Republic! It was unlike any poetry collection I‘ve read before (though I am pretty much a poetry novice, I‘ve read more in the last 6 months than in the previous 6 years). 5y
TiredLibrarian @DreesReads I'll have to check it out; I know we have it at my library. I used to read a lot of poetry, but haven't read it much in the last few years and would like to get back into it.![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
Deaf Republic: Poems 5y
Deaf Republic: PoemsDreesReads @TiredLibrarian do! I also really liked the more typicalI: New and Collected Poems 5y
I: New and Collected PoemsDreesReads More typical meaning it‘s more personal poems from a lifetime of work. I struggle to classify poetry and edited my book riot spreadsheet to have fiction/nonfiction/poetry because so often poetry feels like memoir or nature writing or current events. I fits into that. Deaf Republic is as much fiction as I‘ve ever felt poetry to be. Though it could be an allegory that went over my head. 5y
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